Posted on 01/22/2005 12:03:07 PM PST by Mikmur
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter went back on his word to Republican caucus members and conservative groups alike when he recently hired Hannibal G. Williams II Kemerer, who until recently was the NAACP's assistant general counsel. Specter hired Kemerer against the wishes of his senior Judiciary Committee staff. "We warned him this was going to cause trouble, but Specter said it was his committee, we are his staff, and he's going to do what he believes is right," says a Judiciary Committee staffer.
Kemerer was a protégé of Elaine Jones, who three years ago, as head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, lobbied Sen. Ted Kennedy to delay confirmation of many of President Bush's judicial nominees to a federal circuit court where her group had pending litigation. When Jones and Kennedy's deal was revealed, she was forced to resign.
Specter hired Kemerer to deal specifically with the nominations and vetting of federal judicial nominees, a position many conservatives were led to believe by Specter would go, at the very least, to a Republican, and most likely to a conservative.
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PA voters had the chance to stop him last year when Toomey ran a great campaign against him. How many RINO FReepers are responsible for this?
This ties into Memogate!!!!
Manny loses his job and the obstructionists get one of their own hired.
I fault the pubs for electing him to this important post after all the warning signs and emails they got from us!! Stupid idiots!! When will they learn....arghhhh!!
I read on Michelle Malkin's web site that Spector has also appointed Cornyn to oversee immigration issues (with a link to our own Sabertooth's web site).
OK, so let the battle begin! What do we do? Got links to flood him with e-mails, or phone calls?
Hey, I voted against the "gentleman". Apparrently PA isn't quite ready to be a red state. Soon, perhaps.
Curious that the hateful and 'want blood' comments are all being made by unnamed party operatives and unelected and unnamed staffers.
Who elected them? Nobody.
I want them to pull the sheet off there heads and identify themselves when they talk about judicial nominees. I don't care what party they are in or how entitled they feel they are.
We must first attack those weak Senators up for reelection in 2006 and convince them that their liberal, neocommunist positions WILL be held against them. This comming week, I will draft and send a message to Frist informing him that I am holding him responsible for the appointment of this 5th columnist and that, when he stands for reelection in 2006, I will not only not support him, but will back whoever runs against him in the primary AND whoever runs against him in the election. If a dem wins, then we have a person who makes it clear he opposes Bush and not one who stabs the country in the back at every chance.
We must force Frist to lead; to act as though he is on our side. My message won't do it alone, but a 1000 or 5000 might. I've sent checks to ut of state Senatorial candidates before so I'm on the lists. I'll send nothing to Frist and work to have him join Tommie the Commie as a Senate leader who lost.
Well, we didn't see THAT one coming. </sarcasm> Can this traitor be removed before the REAL damage is done??? Senator Frist had better find his spine jacket and start the nuclear option ball rolling. Beginning with Spectre. This is an outrage.
you're right
They will never learn. That is why they need to be voted out and some new CONSERVATIVE blood voted in.
The Senate Republicans are wimps, plain and simple. I have posted this many times over the years. They have no backbone, no guts, will not do what is right if it may jeopardize their seat. They are in the Senate for themselves, for the power and the glory, NOT for their constituents.
I have also said many times that Republicans only have themselves to fear. Well, their wimpy backing down to Spectre will have serious repurcussions. This is only the beginning of the crap this RINO will be pulling. The saddest thing is: He will get away with it because the girlie men Pubbies will let him.
Clarify and specify what you are saying. Examples?
Well, shouldn't this say something about the Republican Party itself? Their leadership is not committed to principle, & it allows RINOs like Specter to win Chairmanship of such an important Committee even after all of the crying & gnashing of teeth made by their conservative base, yet to no avail. True conservatives are few & far between in the GOP, & their #'s are decreasing.
Ccase in point: remember when RINO Sen. John McCain said "Thank God & Greyhound he's gone" when Pat Buchanan left the Party? This is just one instance out of many where the GOP Establishment has subtly (or in McCain's case, not so subtly) said:
CONSERVATIVES & DEFENDERS OF THE CONSTITUTION NEED NOT APPLY
Look at the stop-Spector threads on FreeRepublic and see dozens of posts to take it easy, back off, support Republicans etc. The latest move is the cost of those suggestions. The RINOs can do what they want with their lives, but I don't want RINOs running the government from inside the Senate and the House.
Everyone needs to wrte their respective Senators asap, Put a plug in this AHOLE.
He promised and then he smugly flips us off.
I wish we could get rid of Politicians as quickly and efficeiently as the Navy can Reassign "Good hard working dedicated Naval Officers"
Spector is a sore on Clintons bent@^&^%$$ and needs to be (not gonna get banned, not gonna happen, it wouldn't be prudent)
Every fool who helped put Spector in this position, knew what he was in advance and abetted him anyway.
A majority of us here predicted what he would do, but no one would listen.
I agree w/ you that Frist is part of the problem, but only a tiny part, IMO. I'd say the biggest part of the problem is w/ US--we elected these RINOs into office, didn't we? The Pennsylvania Republicans had an excellent chance to remove a RINO from their ranks during last yr's Primary, yet they blew it. Lemme say it again: THEY BLEW IT!!!!
Will we ever learn from this? Will we make up for it by the time the 2006 elections come around? While I'm thrilled that Dr. TOM COBURN was elected to the Senate (way to go, Okies!), he is only 1 out of 100 Senators, & 1 out of 55 Republicans...& probably the ONLY Senator w/ any kind of conservative backbone in that Body. We'll see as events unfold.
No kiddin. Too bad Frist & Co wouldn't listen.
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